The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-22

QUIZ WARRINGTON LETTER.
wAsnlnoron. D. q. April -. les7.
Daring he Domocrailc Admlnlsera-
zion mscy 81 ~ mussy rsruIsiioss Win
which Republican oflelal me hsA hede-
"a itself Il have been overhsuled. and
whore lhsre was ~ god reason 1os
their existence, have been dIoconliuued.
They have not III been FeleGased 20 The
past, however. The rule vhich closes
Government department bnibiIngs 20
visIlcrs q Two o'clock q ssill IN force.
snnch 20 the iuconvenience o. strangers.
Il Il serious disappointment 70 visit
ors here only tor lew days. aud trying
"a ges - much sightseeing - possible
into that time. % BE- shut out q % early
IN honr from - many places of interest.
They feel. and have right @ le~l. thas
lin Z peop &c Government the peoples
.couvenience ought % "a considered {
little. and that they ahould be given What
pleasure they can ges from the CORRIDOR,
elevators. museums. and curiosity rooms
ofthe nuildings . long e they aro open
for business.
Speaking or Sightseeing IN Tho de-
p>stmenss. | otten think how m0Dotou-
aus must be the duties Of those 00fcisls
who are deleg lied 10 exhibit the objects
OF interest 10 visitors. but they show
! wonderful freshness about the time.
worn business. There 10 nothing per-
functory about the man who exhibits the
rrgnes' gallery. o. the piles OF counter
felt money, or the secret service room
and only person who has . party 81
| friends 10 escort there about once . ycas
can realize how many times he has tod
the same things over, yet, aIways with
IN unfailing brightness OF expression
| and ouaintness Of humOr.
| Senator Cockrell's investigating com
mitiee (the Senate Select Committee
which IL now probing the methods o.
work in the different Executive Depart
! menis Of the GovernmenO has under
taken = gigantic task. hat Il will make
an essborste report OF iss lsbors some
time il the future. The Missouri Sena'
tor 10 = very conscientious. pains-takiua
man. and he II giving the public ollcer'
much ann0vance aud no little uncasiness
He wants % know (you know ard the
| number Of things the public don't know
/ and that Senator Cockrell will have I
Igreat deal Of trouble in finding ont, Il =
lonishing.
The complaint Il oflen made nov thai
there is too much red tape" and thai
1.-THE employee Of the Government have
I very few hours TO work, and very little
work within those hours q compared
Il with persons employed In similar CO
pacitie- BY private business concerns
But such annoying features are inseper
ably connected with the theory Of Gov
ernmeut work. IL must b. put through
by processes as nearly mechanical q
possible, 80 that the death Or removal o.
: clerk may not throw an entire Office
out or gear. and 90 that the dishonesty o.
any one employe will BE- discovered
Il when the work on which he practised ]
lis turned over TO another for the mex
stage Of its progress
Il All this involves the reduction Of bu
i.siness 10 infinite detail and its distribu
Ition among multitude Of people.
ISenator CockreIl and his committee caI
find : way Of simplifying these process
: e. their discovery will Be warmly vel
: icomed. The results Of their labor can
not fail to be OF value and will certainI
I be OF interest, abounding In information
= which, 10 the general public, Il now II
the nature OF sealed book.
The committee Il not expected TO pc
= Judgment upon the civil service Law, bu
! Incidentally the operations or the nv
; will come under the purview Of d
lcommittee, and the latter will BE expect
z led 10 answer such questions - the fol
3 lowing. Il the Government sny bette
3 Iserved The public business more rapid